Bottle opener

Abstract

The invention also provides for a bottle opener that includes a finger engaging portion adapted to at least partially surround at least one finger. A handle portion is fixed to the finger engaging portion. The handle portion includes an opening head. The opening head includes a central opening. The central opening is defined by a bearing edge, a catching edge and two lateral sides. The handle portion has a surface that engages a user's palm when the bottle opener is used to open a bottle. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

1. A bottle opener comprising:
 a ring-shaped finger engaging portion having an opening configured to receive a user's finger, a lower end, and a wider upper end; 
 a handle portion fixed to the lower end of the ring-shaped finger engaging portion; 
 the handle portion having a free end and an inclined angle portion arranged between the free end and the ring-shaped finger engaging portion; 
 the inclined angle portion being inclined at an angle relative to a center axis of the opening configured to receive a user's finger; 
 the inclined angle portion comprising a central opening defined by a bearing device, a catching device and two lateral sides; 
 the central opening being arranged between the ring-shaped finger engaging portion and the free end of the handle portion; and 
 the bearing device being closer to the ring-shaped finger engaging portion than the catching device and the catching device being closer to the free end of the handle portion than the bearing device. 
 
   
   
     2. The bottle opener of  claim 1 , wherein the ring-shaped finger engaging portion and the handle portion comprise metal and the ring-shaped finger engaging portion is overmolded with the plastic by injection molding. 
   
   
     3. A bottle opener comprising:
 a finger engaging portion configured to receive at least one finger; 
 a handle portion having a first end, a second end, a first side which is fixed to the finger engaging portion and a second side; 
 the handle portion further including an opening head; 
 the opening head being an inclined angle portion of the handle portion that is arranged between the first and the second ends and that extends from the second side to a spaced apart parallel third surface which extends to the second end; 
 the inclined angle portion having a central opening defined by a bearing device, a catching device and two lateral sides; 
 the bearing device being closer to the first end than the catching device and the catching device being closer to the second end than the bearing device, 
 wherein the first side of the handle portion is structured and arranged to engage a user's palm when the bottle opener is used to open a bottle. 
 
   
   
     4. A method of removing a bottle cap comprising:
 providing a bottle opener including a finger engaging portion configured to receive at least one finger, a handle portion having a first end, a second end, a first side which is fixed to the finger engaging portion and a second side, the handle portion further including an opening head, the opening head being an inclined angle portion of the handle portion that is arranged between the first and the second ends and that extends from the second side to a spaced apart parallel third surface which extends to the second end, the inclined angle portion having a central opening defined by a bearing device, a catching device and two lateral sides, the bearing device being closer to the first end than the catching device and the catching device being closer to the second end than the bearing device, wherein the first side of the handle portion is structured and arranged to engage a user's palm when the bottle opener is used to open a bottle; 
 positioning the finger engaging portion onto at least one finger; 
 engaging the bottle cap with the central opening of the opening head portion; and 
 moving the handle portion to a position which removes the bottle cap from the bottle.